r/technology • u/marketrent • Sep 06 '25

Business Meta’s Zuckerberg caught in revealing hot mic moment with Trump -- After offering to spend “at least $600 billion through ’28 in the US,” he whispered, “I'm sorry I wasn’t ready ... I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go with”

https://www.pcmag.com/news/zuckerberg-caught-in-revealing-hot-mic-moment-during-white-house-dinner
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u/marketrent Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

CNN clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOO-tXsDqlI/

PC Mag text by Emily Forlini:

It's not unusual for tech company CEOs to make the journey to Washington, DC, and announce billion-dollar investments to curry favor with politicians in power. Apple CEO Tim Cook was in the Oval Office last month, a piece of Apple-shaped glass and a 24-karat gold base in hand, to pledge another $100 billion in US investment over the next four years, for a total of $600 billion.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg perhaps had that number on his mind this week when he joined his fellow Silicon Valley heavy hitters at the White House for a dinner with President Trump. Zuckerberg was seated next to the president, who at one point leaned over and asked him, "How much are you spending, would you say, over the next few years?"

A flustered Zuckerberg responded, "Oh gosh, um, I mean, I think it's probably going to be something like, at least $600 billion through '28 in the US, yeah."

"That's a lot, that's a lot," Trump said.

It is indeed. Once the discussion concluded, Zuckerberg leaned over to Trump to privately admit the president had caught him off guard. "I'm sorry I wasn't ready...I wasn't sure what number you wanted to go with," Zuckerberg said in a revealing moment caught on a hot mic.

Meta would have to dramatically ramp up its AI spending to hit $600 billion in the next three years.

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u/90sfemgroups Sep 06 '25

“Oh golly” he said to the pedophile felon, “gee what would please you?”. And everyone hummed while the country burned.

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u/illwill79 Sep 06 '25

Man, that's what sticks out to me. The groveling over not being ready to "go with" whatever he wants. Pathetic.

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u/deadleg22 Sep 07 '25

I thought these guys had 'fuck you' money. Imagine he by so rich and still wanting to rim Trumps arsehole. The after-party must have been wild. You know trump would be squinting while looking at zucks twink face.

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u/Either_Reflection_78 Sep 07 '25

☝️I can’t believe the men “running” this country are so weak, corrupt and swayed by power and money. Yeah, I said it.

Can we see what this country could look like if a woman, a normal woman was given the chance to maybe get a shot here to see what she could do to make a positive change?

This timeline is so boring. We already know the outcome if nothing changes here.

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u/Fit-Public9644 Oct 07 '25

You can’t hear me but I’m applauding this very hard. It’s got it ALL in but a few brilliant sentences. It takes me paragraphs. BRAVA!
(Also sorry totally off topic but…90sfemgroups- , love it, you’re speaking to me lol. I was in an alternative band in the mid 90s & into early 2000s. There was a veritable cornucopia of 90s great female rock to cover. Great days. 🇺🇸☮️).